Qatar has offered support to Turkey’s central bank, expanding a currency-swap agreement to $15 billion as Ankara seeks to mitigate economic shocks from the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh garment workers clash with police over wages
Police in Bangladesh’s capital fired tear gas and swung batons to disperse more than 1,000 garment factory workers who were demanding that they be paid salaries and bonuses ahead of Islam's biggest ... ( read original story ...)
China prepares to stage annual congress – and pretence of business as usual
Delayed event to signal victory over coronavirus but country in unchartered economic and social territory ... ( read original story ...)
VIRUS DIARY: In Hong Kong lockdown, watched by a wristband
Countries are experimenting with varying types of surveillance technology to help curb the spread of the coronavirus by enforcing compliance with quarantines and tracing the contacts of those infected ... ( read original story ...)
AP PHOTOS: Quarantine and a bracelet for Hong Kong returnees
It sits on your wrist, just as a wristwatch would. And in a moment when the world fears infections more than almost anything, it knows exactly where you are. Since ... ( read original story ...)
Patten urges Hong Kong protesters not to ‘lose faith’
Hong Kong’s last British governor, Chris Patten, is urging protesters not to “lose faith” over what he describes as moves by Beijing to tighten its control over the semi-autonomous city ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo: Activists’ treatment makes Hong Kong autonomy assessment more difficult
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that recent treatment of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong made it more difficult to assess that Hong Kong remains highly autonomous from China ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police officer shoots protester as violence escalates
Four months of protests in Hong Kong reached a dangerous escalation when police targeted anti-government demonstrators with live bullets. A young man was shot at close range and rushed to the hospital ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong soldiers issue warning to protesters
Chinese soldiers in Hong Kong issue their first-ever warning to protesters gathered outside their barracks. It marked the first military interaction between the two sides since the anti-government ... ( read original story ...)
All Eyes Should Be on Hong Kong | Opinion
China's leaders will convene for their annual People's Congress, during which they will discuss the status of Hong Kong and whether to push forward with their rebuffed attempts to impose upon that ... ( read original story ...)